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   Lost Australian drives 600 kilometres to shops

   AFP - Wednesday, November 18 05:09 pm

   MELBOURNE (AFP) - An 81-year-old Australian man who became lost on an early morning drive to the shops and ended up almost 600 kilometres (370 miles) away told police he failed to stop because he "liked to drive". More »

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   Women run in style in Paris stiletto race

   AFP - Saturday, November 21 04:11 pm

   PARIS (AFP) - Dozens of shoe addicts have taken part in the National Stiletto Championship on an indoor track in the old stock exchange building in central Paris. More »

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   'Man Butchered And Eaten By Three Tramps'

   SkyNews - Sunday, November 15 02:04 pm

   Russian police have arrested three homeless men suspected of killing and eating a 25-year-old and selling parts of his body to a kebab and pie kiosk. More »

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   What's in an unusual name? More than you might think

   Reuters - Tuesday, November 17 07:26 pm

   LONDON (Reuters) - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might have thought twice about naming their daughter Suri if they'd known that it means "pickpocket" in Japanese, "turned sour" in French, and "horse mackerels" in Italian. More »

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   'Thief' Caught With His Trousers Down

   SkyNews - Thursday, November 19 11:58 am

   A Romanian man who tried to climb through a tiny supermarket window became stuck for 11 hours with his pants out. More »

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   Auction record for umbrella stand as YSL mystique inflates prices

   AFP - Friday, November 20 05:29 pm

   PARIS (AFP) - A humble if eye-pleasing umbrella stand once owned by Yves Saint Laurent fetched an amazing 90,000 euros (134,000 dollars) Friday at the close of a sale of the last belongings of the late couturier and his partner Pierre Berge. More »

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   U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry

   Reuters - Wednesday, November 18 01:03 pm

   PERKASIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Carin Froehlich pegs her laundry to three clotheslines strung between trees outside her 18th-century farmhouse, knowing that her actions annoy local officials who have asked her to stop. More »

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   Moldova feeds soldiers garlic, onion to beat swine flu

   AFP - Friday, November 20 01:42 am

   CHISINAU (AFP) - Moldovan soldiers have been issued with an extra ration of onions and garlic to ward off swine flu, according to the defence ministry's chief doctor. More »

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   Australian boy charged over chocolate frog

   AFP - Monday, November 16 05:02 pm

   SYDNEY (AFP) - A 12-year-old Aboriginal boy appeared in a Western Australian court on Monday charged with receiving a stolen chocolate frog worth about 70 cents (65 US cents), reports said. More »

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    Gold-stuffed chicken smuggler nabbed in S.Africa

    AFP - Thursday, November 19 08:59 am

    JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - A worker at a South African jewellery retailer was arrested this week for trying to smuggle gold from his workplace by stuffing it into a cooked chicken, according to local media. More »